About the author
David Lorenzo-Cardiel (Spain, European Union, 1993) is a natural philosopher, writer, literary critic and cultural journalist.
His columns and articles reach tens of thousands of readers daily through some of the main media in Spanish and other languages, including The Philosophical Salon, The Times Literary Supplement, Revista de Occidente, El Ciervo, The Hong Kong Review of Books (Hong Kong, China), Elemmental and El Imparcial. He is also a regular literary critic for leading newspapers and magazines.
On the radio he has hosted the podcasts Grageas Filosóficas and Los ingenios de Dédalo on Radio Afcar, with more than 100,000 listeners since the first season in 2019.
Tierra de nadie and Hablar Despacio are two of his publications best known to the general public. Both works have been present at book fairs such as Guadalajara (Mexico) and Madrid (Spain), receiving an outstanding reception among readers around the world.
Since 2025, he has collaborated as a literary critic specialising in Spanish literature for the celebrated British publication The Times Literary Supplement, the most important cultural reference magazine in the English-speaking world, which has featured authors such as Virginia Woolf and T.S. Eliot throughout its century-long history. Lorenzo-Cardiel’s work is also published by internationally renowned academic journals such as Wasafiri (The Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom).
Since September 2026, he has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (United Kingdom).
His literature and his informative work stand out for their ability to combine reflection and thought from a philosophical and critical perspective.
FORMAL ADDRESS & HONORIFICS (updated 2026)
Dear Professor/Prof. David Lorenzo-Cardiel, FRAS
*FRAS: post-nominals, Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Great Britain).
David Lorenzo-Cardiel (Spain, 1993) is a highly regarded philosopher, academic, writer, and literary critic. He is considered one of the leading young Western intellectuals and is known as the «philosopher of goodness» due to his research in this field.
His work—encompassing philosophy, politics, ethics, current affairs, and ancient and Eastern cultures, as well as literary criticism—is published in English, French, and Spanish. His writing appears in prestigious international outlets such as The Times Literary Supplement (TLS), The Philosophical Salon (Los Angeles Review of Books), The Hong Kong Review of Books, and Wasafiri (Queen Mary University/British Council). In Spain and Latin America, his work features in journals like Revista de Occidente (founded by José Ortega y Gasset in 1923) and Revista El Ciervo, as well as in newspapers such as Heraldo de Aragón and El Imparcial, among other media. He is the author of two books and balances his intellectual pursuits with his role as director of the Agencia Cardiel&Books literary agency.
In the academic sphere, Lorenzo-Cardiel has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (UK) in recognition of his research on Asian and Chinese thought.
His hybrid profile—accessible to a wide audience—combined with the depth of his thought, reaches tens of thousands of readers daily through his publications, lectures, and presentations.
His philosophical ideas are frequently cited in press columns across Europe and the Americas, as well as in academic papers and at universities, where they serve as a subject of both academic and public discussion.
Press & conferences
David Lorenzo-Cardiel writes for prestigious medium such as The Philosophical Salon, The Hong Kong Review of Books, El Ciervo, Revista de Occidente, Elemmental and El Imparcial, among others. The author covers the genres of columnism, literary criticism and specialized articles about philosophy, culture and science.
As a lecturer, he gives conferences, master classes and courses both at universities and cultural institutions with very diverse target audiences, from highly specialized to the public in general. His talks stand out for their pleasant, didactic and reflective tone capable of arousing a high degree of interest and motivation in his audience.
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